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When Ahmed Darwish, Minister of State for Administrative Development, indicated to Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper on May 27 that he intended to cancel the two-year obligatory residency of Egyptian medical school graduates known “taklif, he set in motion a huge debate within the medical community – one tinged with much criticism and cynicism. It all started …

CAIRO: Seven students were reportedly diagnosed with Hepatitis C after being injected with insulin shots using the same syringe in Sporting Student Hospital in Alexandria. However Ayman Kamel, an employee at Sporting Student Hospital in Alexandria who refused to disclose his full title, told The Daily Star Egypt that “no such thing ever happened. The …

Associated Press JERUSALEM: Israeli President Moshe Katsav agreed to resign Thursday in a plea bargain that drops rape allegations and the threat of jail time in return for pleading guilty to lesser charges. The deal was a dramatic reversal by Attorney General Meni Mazuz, who had announced in January that he planned to take Katsav …

Lawrence Wright arrived in Egypt in 1969 to study linguistics and Arabic and teach English at the American University in Cairo. A conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, Wright lived in Cairo for two years as part of a foreign service commitment in lieu of military service. On returning to the United States, he pursued …

Ever thought of buying your wife or girlfriend a piece of jewelry just to show how much you care? For no reason in particular – no birthday, Valentine’s Day or wedding gift. Most men would not give the notion a second thought. It is entrenched in Egyptian culture that such an expensive present means that …

Reuters People eat more when they are glued to the television, and the more entertaining the program, the more they eat, according to a recent research. It seems that distracted brains do not notice what the mouth is doing, said Dr. Alan Hirsch, neurological director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in …

Artellewa brings a new perspective full of colors, funny shapes to Ard El Lewa district Flying pink chicken or naked baked women? In either case, Malak Helmy didn t fail to grab our attention in the witty and eccentric way she garnished this beautiful and eccentric glass cube gallery. The JICPB Cube Gallery is an …

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Blair’s breakfast in bed! When I met Tony Blair on his first visit to Cairo a few months after he became Prime Minister, he paused when I asked him: “As Prime Minister of Great Britain, what do you miss the most? He thought about it for a while, his famous smile slowly fading away, and …

In the course of the 1948-1949 Arab-Israeli war, about 700,000 Arabs were either expelled by the Israelis from territory it held or left their homes at the request of the Arab states. As Khaled al-Azm, then prime minister of Syria, recalled in his 1973 memoirs, “Since 1948 we have been demanding that the refugees return …

In May 1997 Tony Blair was swept into power on an enormous wave of optimism. Britain’s youngest prime minister since 1812, his approval ratings were the highest of any postwar British leader. He won three elections, two of which, prior to the Iraq war, were landslides. Yet tomorrow, 10 years on, Blair will leave office, …

JERUSALEM: The academic year of 1995-1996 was most eventful for Israelis. November saw the assassination of our Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and several months later, a spate of bus bombings led to the election of Netanyahu. In November, shortly after the murder, and then again in May, the Ecumenical Institute at Tantur, overlooking Jerusalem on …

CAIRO: The flat across the dusty alley from Ahmed Naguib Ahmed’s appliqué workshop is a makeshift warehouse filled with unsold work from craftsmen throughout the neighborhood of Al-Khayamiyya Street, “Tent Maker’s Alley, beyond Bab Zuweila. The walk-up’s largest room is filled with massive rolls of tent and textile fabric that are the namesake of this …

CAIRO: The new anti-smoking bill passed by parliament last week, though much-awaited by many, was received with disgruntlement by many others. The bill finally banned smoking for minors (citizens under the age of 18), indoor smoking, smoking in health and educational organizations, youth centers, legislative associations and any governmental authorities or clubs. According to a …

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CAIRO: Firm commitment to further advance efforts to fight violence against children throughout the Arab region and renewed pledges to enhance national infrastructures to eradicate its diverse manifestations was reiterated here, as the 3-day conference on the subject reached its conclusion today. The final declaration, which includes a proposal to develop an Arab strategy to …

CAIRO: The first direct and regular airline linking the Egyptian and Uzbek capitals will start operation next Tuesday, announced Atta Bek Merza Mohamedov, deputy director of the Uzbek national carrier s office in Cairo. The maiden flight run by Uzbekistan Airways is scheduled to land at Cairo International Airport next Tuesday at 21:30 Cairo time, …

CAIRO: Away the streets of Gaza, the infighting between Hamas and Fatah has moved to a new battleground – that of the internet. Aside from the conventional electronic warfare on each group s website, on YouTube, the popular video uploading site owned by Google, supporters of each faction engage in yet another type of armed …

CAIRO: Under the slogan Resistance versus Surrender the Egyptian Bar Association hosted a public seminar Wednesday to address the latest escalations in Palestine. The goal of the conference, as Lawyers’ Syndicate member Gamal Tag said is to call upon the Palestinians to unite against the Zionist enemy and stop inner clashes that only serve to …

The frustrations, disappointments and highlights of conductor Steven Lloyd’s time at the Cairo Opera House The Cairo Symphony Orchestra will soon be saying goodbye to Musical Director and Principal Conductor Steven Lloyd, who will leave his post at the Cairo Opera House on Saturday. His departure has compelled the 36-year-old maestro to speak candidly about …

“It all began in jail, says Mohammed El Sharqawi. “The government had put a lot of bloggers in jail and so we talked together about starting a publishing house to spread our work. “It was supposed to be a kind of collective, but I ended up being the only one who followed through. Scheduled to …

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Many Lebanese, particularly in the majority camp, have been preoccupied with the court being set up to try suspects in the assassination of the late Rafik Hariri. The resignation of Serge Brammertz from the International Criminal Court to devote himself full-time to the upcoming Hariri trial suggests there is something there for them to look …

CAIRO: As part of the campaign against substance abuse, the United Nations Information Center marked international anti-drug day with a conference at their Cairo office on Tuesday. Maher Nasser, manager of the United Nations Information Center, Mohammed Abd El Aziz, manager of the regional drug office and Dean Medhat Zaky, general manager of the public …

Olmert makes goodwill pledges SHARM EL-SHEIKH: The Israeli prime minister announced Monday a package of pledges as a sign of good will to bolster the rule of the Palestinian president in the West Bank after Hamas take over of the Gaza Strip. At the Egypt-hosted four-party peace summit, Ehud Olmert promised to release around 250 …

Somalia’s decision to delay yet again the National Reconciliation Congress comes as no surprise. The Transitional Federal Government’s (TFG) latest attempt at reconciliation was foiled long before the first session of congress began. While many fingers point to Mogadishu’s boycotting majority, the Hawiye clan, whose demands were not met prior to the start of congress, …

PLC International and Corinex Communications announced today that they have won the bid for a Powerline based Smart Village in Cairo. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) chose PLC International Inc. integrating Corinex equipment after two RFP processes and extensive technology evaluation. Phase one comprises of three Buildings interconnected over the Medium Voltage …

CAIRO: The Annual World Dental Congress to be held in Dubai next October invited members of the Egyptian dental community to attend a press conference on June 24. Egypt is a very important station in the Arab world . this is the first time FDI (Fédération Dentaire Internationale) holds a conference in the Mena region, …

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If you have ever wondered how Western nations such as Great Britain can cultivate home-grown radical Muslims, you should read Ed Husain’s autobiography “The Islamist. Husain comes from a close, middle class, law-abiding Muslim family, but within five years he becomes an angry, detached, “jihadist activist. Husain’s parents are both spiritual and observant but non-politicized. …

CAIRO: The Shoura Council unanimously re-elected Safwat El-Sherif as the speaker of the council on Tuesday. We chose him because of his accomplishments during the first term as president, said Mohamed Khalil Kwaitah, a ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) MP. When asked why there weren t any rivals for El-Sherif, even from the NDP, Kwaitah …

A fundamental question faces those seeking to calm the latest round of conflict in the Palestinian territories. How is it possible for Hamas to emerge as a powerful political force at a time when regional states and the international community are opposing the movement? Primary attention focuses on the gruesome daily quality of life plaguing …

The Bush administration may live in a bubble of “unreality, regarding its foreign policy in Iraq, but neoconservatives inhabit a parallel universe on Iran. Unbelievably, despite the fact that the American quagmire in Iraq has greatly weakened the United States’ position vis-à-vis Iran, the neocons are pushing for military action against that theocratic regime. According …

By a strange twist of fate, the blast that killed Lebanese parliamentarian Walid Eido, his son, and several others last week almost coincided with the visit to Damascus by Oliviero Diliberto, an Italian parliamentarian and leader of the Italian communists, who are in the ruling coalition. The coincidence of a European dignitary’s visit to Damascus …